Field of experience: Youth participation, Decolonial Environmental Action, EU-Africa Cooperation
Neringa is a researcher and trainer specialising in International Cooperation and Development Justice. As a PhD candidate at SOAS University of London and formerly a Fulbright-Schuman fellow at Harvard University, she uses innovative participatory research methods. Neringa’s current research investigates how institutional funding impacts decolonial youth climate action, where she skillfully balances a transformative approach to meaningful youth participation with direct engagement in institutional spaces like the UN, the EU, and COPs. Neringa’s work also draws inspiration from ancient Baltic traditions, highlighting how these epistemologies can contribute to decolonial environmental action and thinking.
Beyond her academic pursuits, Neringa is a member of the Pool of European Youth Researchers and the founder of Humanity Consulting CIC. Her earlier research focused on the role of critical media literacy among young people and Buddhist monks in Myanmar in advancing reconciliation. She previously interned at the EU Delegation to Myanmar and served on the Advisory Council on Youth of the Council of Europe, focusing on Roma youth participation and North-South cooperation.
